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Plan Your Weekend: Spring Fever Saturday

Posted in Gardening Tips on March 6 2009, by Plant Talk

Help for the Home Gardener

Carol Capobianco is Editorial Content Manager at The New York Botanical Garden.

Spring is just around the corner. Will you be ready when it arrives? Are your gardening plans taking shape? There’s no need to face the daunting task alone: Take advantage of the Garden’s expert resources for plant information and gardening advice.

  • Spend tomorrow, March 7, learning about spring preparation—fine-tuning your soil, starting plants from seed, pruning, and more—during an all-day immersion, Spring Fever Saturday. This is just one of the many fabulous Continuing Education classes and workshops offered throughout the year.
  • Attend one or all of the onsite demonstrations (free with Garden admission) offered each week in the Home Gardening Center.
  • Explore the wealth of ideas, recommendations, and guidance offered on our Home Gardening Online Web pages.
    1. Refer to our Monthly Gardening Calendar to learn which garden chores to tend to each month.
    2. Search through the top seasonal plant picks in our Recommended Plants database.
    3. E-mail the Garden’s Plant Information Specialists with specific gardening questions such as when to prune your trees and shrubs, and which species to choose for a hedge.
    4. Read the many tips and how-to information presented such as how to keep deer away, downsize your lawn, or attract butterflies.
  • Stroll the grounds and soak up inspiration from the 50 gardens and living collections. Or, if you’re looking for historical information and a warm place on a cold day to read about gardens and dream, peruse the infinite collection of botanical books in the unrivaled LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
  • Beef up your own home gardening library with a visit to Shop in the Garden, in person or online, which recently was called “the most intelligently run shop for garden books in America,” by the Financial Times of London.
  • Include the kids. The Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden opens for spring in a few weeks with new display gardens, plant varieties, programs and more.
  • And don’t forget. You can always chat with other gardeners right here on Plant Talk and on our companion blog, Green Perspectives: Tom Christopher on Sustainable Gardening.

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